How dinosaurs took flight : the fossils, the science, what we think we know, and the mysteries yet unsolved /
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| Author / Creator: | Sloan, Christopher. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, ©2005. |
| Description: | 64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edward Valauskas Collection of Dinosauriana. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy is from the Edward Valauskas Collection of Dinosauriana. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13537847 |
| Summary: | How did dinosaurs get feathers? How did they start flying? What use were feathers to dinosaurs that didn't fly? Chris Sloan's 2000 book Feathered Dinosaurs introduced kids to the radical idea that some dinosaurs had feathers and that birds are, in fact, a subset of dinosaurs. In How Dinosaurs Took Flight, Sloan returns to these ancient feathered creatures to introduce kids to the fascinating new finds--including a Tyrannosaur with feathers and a dinosaur with not just two but four wings. The author focuses on the tough new questions scientists are asking right now, the evidence they've gathered, the hypotheses that are developing from the evidence, and the unknowns that remain. This book will be the most up-to-date children's book on this topic on the market. |
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| Physical Description: | 64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Awards: | Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 Award, 2006 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0792274040 9780792274049 0792272986 9780792272984 |